On 25/01/2016 14:07, Barbara Ford wrote: > So, asking a simplistic basic question here, as I try to figure out > how this happened, and before I take my nervous self to the computer > this morning to try to "fix" this: Does it appear that I in effect > have two installations of Legacy on my computer (one that I access > through the Legacy icon, the one I THOUGHT I always used), and the > other that somehow showed up as a link on my desktop that I must have > used to access the program at least once, like three days ago when I > input my FIL information). Because if it's just two ways to access > the same program, why wouldn't it save all the data, no matter which > location I accessed the program from?
You probably don't have two installations of Legacy, just two copies of your Family File. If you double-click on a Family File in Windows Explorer or on the Desktop Legacy will open and show that file. You could have several copies of the same Family File stored in different places and double-clicking any of them would open the program with that particular copy of the file showing. When you are working on the file, the data you enter will be automatically saved to that same file, wherever it is saved. You have used several different terms for what is stored on your desktop. What you are seeing could be a Family File, could be a folder containing a Family File (I don't think it is), or could be a shortcut to a Family File which is stored somewhere else on your computer. If it was a shortcut the icon would include a little curved arrow. It is most likely a copy of your Family File. A likely way it ended up on your desktop is that you maybe had some computer trouble at some time and someone (you or a helper) copied your family file to the desktop so it would be "safe" and not get removed while work was being done to fix your computer. Back a few years when you were regularly using Legacy, how did you open the program and your Family File? I expect you either opened the Legacy program and your Family File was loaded automatically, or you located the Family File and double-clicked on it. That's fine! But if at some time recently you opened the program by double-clicking on a Family File stored on your desktop, Legacy might have "remembered" that and opened the same file next time. That depends on how your options are set up, but many people have Legacy set up to automatically load the last Family File they worked on. I hope this clarifies the situation for you. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
